MilanoSCCAM 10 - 0 Retegoal (382247265)

The crowd of 4817 turning up at ArenaMisccam today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Heinzpeter Kiechle was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dan Blicher and Alan Casale. MilanoSCCAM started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Citro - Böger, Vakalos - Zeyer, Avasthi, Viaplana, Casiraghi, Dutertre - Mironchikov, Kiener, Sanfilippo.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Retegoal. They fielded: Rachini - Macao, Prestento, Scarciglia, Sperlinga - Borsi, Pancrazi, Bregolin, Ioppi - Merola, Cavedagna.

MilanoSCCAM mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but U. Macao showed great heart and had a good game. They were singing the praises of I. Mironchikov 20 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to MilanoSCCAM. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. E. Böger squirmed through their central defence after 23 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in MilanoSCCAM's A. Vakalos increasing the lead to 3 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of MilanoSCCAM lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The rain made it hard for players like I. Mironchikov to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave O. Cavedagna from Retegoal a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 28 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 29 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as I. Mironchikov broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for MilanoSCCAM. MilanoSCCAM put themselves up 5 - 0 when I. Mironchikov broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. By then I. Mironchikov had scored three goals - a hat trick! 5 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to MilanoSCCAM, who controlled the ball 70 percent of the time.

After 52 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and I. Mironchikov gave the MilanoSCCAM supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 6 - 0. Cheers filled the stadium as I. Mironchikov broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 7 - 0 to MilanoSCCAM. MilanoSCCAM solidified their lead at the 60 minute mark, as N. Casiraghi dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 8 - 0. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. N. Casiraghi squirmed through their central defence after 67 minutes, increasing the lead to 9 - 0. MilanoSCCAM increased the lead as F. Kiener struck to make the score 10 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by MilanoSCCAM, with 71 percent of the ball.

MilanoSCCAM's top performer was clearly M. Sanfilippo. J. Dutertre on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Retegoal player was N. Scarciglia. However, O. Cavedagna made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 10 - 0.